Category Archives: Anonymous Internet Activity

By Peter S. Vogel on September 16, 2014 Posted in Anonymous Internet Activity,eCommerce,Internet PrivacySince the plaintiff did not a file a lawsuit against John Doe, the Texas trial court had no jurisdiction to allow the plaintiff to take the deposition of “Trooper,” an anonymous blogger who launched on on-line attack on the CEO of a company who lives in Houston. In the case of In Re John Doe [&hellip… Continue Reading

By Peter S. Vogel on August 24, 2009 Posted in Anonymous Internet ActivityA recent ruling about an alleged anonymous slanderous blogs about a New York City model made it to the front page of every news media on the Internet when a New York City Judge ruled that Google had to identify the name of the person who ran the blog called “Skanks of NYC.” When Liskula [&hellip… Continue Reading

By Peter S. Vogel on August 1, 2008 Posted in Anonymous Internet ActivityA recent story in the New York Times should send chills down the spines of anonymous bloggers since apparently prosecutors in New York issued a grand jury subpoena to help identify of certain people blogging on a website called Room 8. On the face of the subpoena in capital letters there was a warning that [&hellip… Continue Reading

Peter S. Vogel is a trial partner at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, where he is Chair of both the eDiscovery Practice and Internet, eCommerce, and Technology Industry Team. From 1997 until 2009, Peter served as the founding chair of... More...

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The Gardere Internet, eCommerce and Technology Team assists clients that operate in regional, national and global technology markets. The Internet has transformed social communications and business operations, and our attorneys have years of diverse experience dealing with the distinct needs associated with technology. We are experts with legal issues and concerns that face technology businesses that now operate in a global Internet community.